Matt Nagy says there will be a new Bears touchdown play this season named after his alma mater

Bears coach Matt Nagy, no stranger to inventive play calls with equally creative names, vowed to add another one in honor of his alma mater, the University of Delaware.

The former Blue Hens quarterback got the inspiration while giving the commencement speech Sunday at the college in Newark, Del.

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“OK, so here's the deal. I just thought about this when I'm up here, this is not on my script right here. I'm going to call a play next year for a touchdown and it's going to be called 'Ass Kickin' Chicken,’ ” he said to cheers from the crowd. Delaware fans use that phrase as an alternate nickname for the Blue Hens mascot. “Y'all good with that?”

“Good against the Eagles?” added Nagy, who probably knows full well that the northern Delaware is Eagles country.

Nagy trotted out a couple of tricks against the Giants in December, including defensive lineman Akiem Hicks' rushing touchdown on a play called “Freezer Left,” in honor of William “The Refrigerator” Perry, and the diminutive Tarik Cohen's touchdown pass on a play dubbed “Oompa Loompa.”

So there’s little reason to believe Nagy wasn’t being serious. Bears fans will have to wait and see.

If it ever does become reality, please let Nagy's "Ass Kickin' Chicken" be a red-zone bubble screen to fellow Blue Hens alumnus and Bears defensive end Bilal Nichols, who'll duck and dodge his way into the end zone.